DPE Content Manager 3.x

Supported audio formats for HiRes prelistening in Content Manager

The following is an incomplete list of audio formats supported (or unsupported) when when using HiResPreListen=true (also see Audio Player and Recorder Components )

Audio Format

File Ext

Supported

WAV, LINEAR, 44100 Hz, 16+24 Bits, STEREO+MONO

.wav

check mark

WAV, LINEAR, 48000 Hz, 16+24 Bits, STEREO+MONO

.wav

check mark

WAV, LINEAR, 96000 Hz, 16+24 Bits, STEREO+MONO

.wav

check mark

WAV, LINEAR > 2 GB

.wav

check mark

WAV, LINEAR > 4 GB (RF64)

.wav

check mark

WAV, LINEAR, 8 Bits, STEREO

.wav

cross mark

WAV, LINEAR(FP)

.wav

cross mark

WAV, MULAW

.wav

cross mark  

BWF, LINEAR (same support as WAV, LINEAR)

.wav

check mark

MUS, MPEG-LAYER2, 384 KBits/s, 48000 Hz, STEREO

.mus

check mark

MUS, MPEG-LAYER2, other bitrate

.mus

cross mark

RAW, MPEG-LAYER3, 44100 Hz,
64+128+192+256+320 KBits/s, STEREO+MONO+JOINT

.mp3

check mark

RAW, MPEG-LAYER3, 44800 Hz,
64+128+192+256+320 KBits/s, STEREO+MONO+JOINT

.mp3

check mark

RAW, MPEG-LAYER3, VBR with XING header

.mp3

check mark

RAW, MPEG-LAYER3, VBR without XING header

.mp3

cross mark

ID3V2, MPEG-LAYER3 (same support as RAW, MPEG-LAYER3)

.mp3

check mark

AAC, 384 KBits/s, 44100 Hz, STEREO (raw AAC)

.aac

check mark

VBR

.aac

cross mark

AAC in MP4 container

.mp4

cross mark

FLAC

.flac

cross mark

check mark  = supported AudioFormat for main Media File, when using HiResPreListen=True, see Audio Player and Recorder Components

cross mark  = not supported AudioFormat, use PreProductionAudio Workflow instead, or rely on on-the-fly Audio Conversion, for creating LoRes file, see Standard Workflow Configurations for CM